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Loving Top-Ten Lists

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I love books and lists. Who does not love lists of books? My favorite types of lists are the "top ten" kind. A few good top ten lists come from those culture mavens over at Entertainment Weekly. This year, quite a few favorites have garnered notice on both the Nonfiction and the Fiction lists.

Annually, a variety of lists in regards to book awards appear. For example, the Caldecott, Newberry & Corretta Scott King awards are books celebrated for juveniles.

For those of you who enjoy books lists, here is a top ten award list you probably have not heard of, The Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences.

“The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope” by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, published by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

“The Bride’s Farewell” by Meg Rosoff, published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group

“Everything Matters!” by Ron Currie, Jr., published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group

“The Good Soldiers” by David Finkel, published by Sarah Crichton Books, an imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux

“The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir” by Diana Welch and Liz Welch with Amanda Welch and Dan Welch, published by Harmony Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House

“The Magicians,” by Lev Grossman, published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group

“My Abandonment” by Peter Rock, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel,” by Gail Carriger, published by Orbit, an imprint of Hachette Book Group

“Stitches: A Memoir” by David Small, published by W.W. Norton & Company

“Tunneling to the Center of the Earth” by Kevin Wilson, published by Harper Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins

Before you finalize your must-reads list for the year, or the titles for your book groups, take a moment to prowl the goodies saluted by the folks making top ten lists!

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